Country
Mauritania
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- ISO code
- MR · MRT
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 5.3M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 6,559 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 68.7 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 1.0 t CO₂
Population
- Population 5.3M 2025 125th of 214
- Population density 5 people/km² 2024 202nd of 212
- Population growth 2.78 % per year 2025 18th of 214
- Natural increase 28.9 per 1,000 people 2023 13th of 228
- Net migration -0.9 per 1,000 people 2025 130th of 214
- Fertility rate 4.62 births per woman 2024 11th of 214
- Urban population 61.5 % 2025 121st of 214
- Median age 17.1 years 2023 217th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.2 % 2025 183rd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.0 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 178th of 214
- Children under 15 42.4 % 2025 12th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 68.7 years 2024 162nd of 214
- Life expectancy, women 70.7 years 2024 168th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 66.7 years 2024 157th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.0 years 2024 158th of 214
- Infant mortality 30.2 per 1,000 births 2024 47th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 36.9 per 1,000 births 2024 48th of 195
- Maternal mortality 381 per 100,000 births 2023 15th of 193
- Health spending per person 92 USD 2023 143rd of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 302 $ (PPP) 2023 143rd of 191
- Physicians 0.26 per 1,000 people 2022 142nd of 179
- Hospital beds 0.4 per 1,000 people 2006 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 93 % 2024 73rd of 191
- Undernourishment 11.0 % 2024 51st of 165
- Tobacco use 9.9 % 2024 134th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,909 kcal per day 2023 96th of 175
- Meat supply 36.5 kg per person per year 2023 116th of 175
Economy
- GDP 11.7B USD 2025 147th of 185
- GDP per capita 2,198 USD 2025 150th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 6,559 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 140th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 3,680 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 130th of 165
- GDP growth 4.0 % 2025 70th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 1.2 % 2025 126th of 185
- Inflation 1.5 % 2025 121st of 169
- Unemployment 10.3 % 2025 35th of 181
- Youth unemployment 22.9 % 2025 36th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 44.1 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 94 % of GDP 2024 70th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 32.0 2019 105th of 151
- Extreme poverty 10.2 % 2019 45th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 19.3 % of GDP 2024 38th of 187
- Women in the labour force 26.2 % 2025 167th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.563 2023 162nd of 192
- Literacy rate 59.5 % 2020 108th of 122
- Education spending 1.4 % of GDP 2022 155th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 36 % 2020 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 6 % 2020 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 73 % 2020 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 23.3 % 2025 107th of 183
- Homicide rate 1.0 per 100,000 people 2020 94th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 5.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 135th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 1.0 t CO₂ 2024 140th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 1.01 t CO₂ 2024 159th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 148th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 3.4 t CO₂e 2024 112th of 201
- Forest area 1.0 % of land 2024 195th of 208
- Water stress 13 % 2022 78th of 176
- Arable land 0.4 % of land 2024 197th of 205
- Renewable energy 22.1 % of final energy 2021 100th of 210
- Renewable electricity 22.7 % of electricity 2024 115th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 4.8 % of electricity 2024 49th of 193
- Electricity from solar 7.7 % of electricity 2024 58th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 515 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 83rd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 400 kWh 2024 154th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 46.5 µg/m³ 2023 16th of 199
Mauritania on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldArabic · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldMauritanian ouguiya (MRU)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTCSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 2 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)